Sex
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Craigslist, Gay, Job Searches, Sex
A Pair of Craigslist Jobs: Getting Screwed (Chicago and D.C.)
Ah, Craigslist — grand repository and central clearinghouse for crappy legal jobs. The job postings, seeking expensively-trained lawyers at wages that a Starbucks barista would find insulting, just keep on coming. The latest laughable listing — which brings laughter, but also tears — comes from Chicago: We are looking for a recent law school graduate […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Crime, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Rape, Schiff Hardin, Sex
Ex-Biglaw Bad Boys Accused of Sexual Assault:Where Are They Now?
We like to provide updates on lawyers we’ve covered in the past, just to close the loop and keep readers informed. For example, if a lawyer is accused of wrongdoing, we cover the allegations, and then the charges are dropped, we’d like to write about the clearing of that person’s name. (If you’re aware of […] - Sponsored
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Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals, Skaddenfreude, Sports, Trials
The Bluegrass State's Sordid Sports Trial (Or: University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino must really hate Karen Sypher)
Every sports fan we know is bugging us to cover the prosecution of Karen Sypher, a former car-show model and auto-glass saleswoman, who is being tried for extorting University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, lying to the FBI, and retaliation against a witness. Since it concerns balls, it seems like a natural fit for […]
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Bar Exams, Rape, Sex
Bar Exam Question of the Day: Sex By Trick?
An Israeli court has convicted an Arab man of rape on very interesting grounds. Haaretz reports: Sabbar Kashur, 30, had consensual sex with a woman after he posed as a Jewish bachelor interested in a long-term relationship. When the woman found Kashur was not a Jew but an Arab, she filed a police complaint that […] -
Canada, Defamation, Drinking, Labor / Employment, Parties, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexism, Sexual Harassment
Partner of the Day, Eh: Canadian Lawyer Sues Two of His Former Associates
Sometimes law firm after-hours parties get pretty wild. The Great Recession didn’t put a damper on one Toronto firm’s celebrations last year. In January 2009, Mathews, Dinsdale & Clarke threw a rager in honor of its annual labour law “moot” competition for Canadian law students. (We mentioned this story briefly in yesterday’s Non-Sequiturs.) After awards […] -
Contract Attorneys, Craigslist, Pornography, Sex, Weirdness
Professor, Pin-Up Girl, Porn, Projects? The Life of an Anonymous Contract Lawyer
“How is this guy working and not me?” As the economy was tanking at the end of 2008, I, like many contract attorneys, found myself scrambling for work. One night, while frustratedly clicking around the internet for leads, I happened to come across this post from the blog Anonymous Contract Lawyer: I almost forgot I […] -
Drugs, Lovells, Sex, Sex Scandals, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: A Hogan Lovells Ex-Partner Who Likes It Rough
Why are British lawyers always getting caught with their pants down? We all remember the classic scene in A Fish Called Wanda, in which an unsuspecting family walks in on a naked barrister, Archie Leach (John Cleese), as he’s getting ready for a roll in the hay with Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis). But this kind […] -
Facebook, Sex, Sex Scandals, Weirdness
The Truth Will Set You Free? A Broke, Adulterous, Disgraced Georgetown Law Marine Issues a Public Confession on Facebook
It’s a Scarlet Letter tale for the digital age. A Georgetown law student’s life has completely unraveled. His way of dealing with losing his wife, his mistress, his supposed baby, his military assignment, and good standing at Georgetown Law School? A public confession on Facebook. He posted the note with the details of his sad, […] - Sponsored
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Associate Advice, Gay, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, pls hndle thx, Sex
Pls Hndle Thx: The Most Insane Question You've Ever Read, Guaranteed
Ed. note: Have a question for next week? Send it in to advice@abovethelaw.com Ed. note II: Holy s**t. Dear ATL, I was a summer associate at a mid-sized AmLaw 100 firm in ’07, where I was assigned a mentor (hereinafter “Mentor”) who was a junior associate that summer. I am now a junior-ish associate at the […] -
Breasts, Citigroup, Hotties, Sex, Sexism, Sexual Harassment
Debrahlee Lorenzana's Breasts: An Attractive Nuisance
It seems the world can’t get enough of Debrahlee Lorenzana, the former Citibank employee who alleges she was fired because she was “too hot.” She’s been making the rounds of the morning talk shows, and people have been absolutely gushing about her figure, which allegedly got her fired. But could you call her body an […] -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Sex, Weddings, Weirdness
Michigan Lawyer Ryan Hill Has a Funny Way of Showing 'Marriage Matters'
Michigan law firm partner Ryan Hill has a very candid biography on his non-firm website: I am a self-proclaimed family man. My wife and I have open communication about everything, whether it is small things such as who is going to take out the trash, to bigger things such as communicating our sexual desires. We’re […] -
Allen & Overy, Magic Circle, Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals
A Deidre Dare Update: Allen & Overy Lawyer Turned Sex Columnist Makes Controversial Claims About Rape
Memorial Day weekend is almost here, and we all know what that means: the arrival of summer. And we all know what summer means: people taking their clothes off, at the beach or pool. People taking their clothes off got us thinking about one of our favorite personalities here at Above the Law: Deidre Dare, […] -
Antonin Scalia, SCOTUS, Sex, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: SCOTUS Sex Mania
Now that the sex lives of Supreme Court justices have become grist for commentators, we are finally free to discuss a question formerly only whispered about in the shadows: Why does Justice Antonin Scalia, by common consent the leading intellectual force on the Court, have nine children? Is this normal? Or should I say ‘normal,’ […]
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Abortion, Family Law, Jeffrey Toobin, Kids, Media and Journalism, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sex, Sex Scandals
The Jeffrey Toobin / Casey Greenfield Drama Rolls On
Over on the website of the New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin has a nice post on how Elena Kagan deftly finessed the “gays in the military” / Solomon Amendment issue while serving as dean of Harvard Law School. It’s an interesting read; check it out here (via Dahlia Lithwick’s Twitter feed). Alas, these days Toobin is […] -
Billable Hours, Quote of the Day, Sex
Quote of the Day: So What Does That Make the Billable Hour?
Alternative fees may be like teenage sex. There’s more talk than action. — Law firm consultant Bruce MacEwen, founder of Adam Smith, Esq., at a panel discussion on law firm/client relationships. -
In-House Counsel, Romance and Dating, Sex
In-House Counseling: Where You Eat
Ed. note: This post is written by Will Meyerhofer, a Biglaw attorney turned psychotherapist, whom we profiled. A former Sullivan & Cromwell associate, he holds degrees from Harvard, NYU Law, and The Hunter College School of Social Work. He blogs at The People’s Therapist. Office romances are endemic in the legal profession. I see them […] -
Craigslist, Sex
This Time, The Lawyer Wants To Get Screwed...
One of the reasons we brought Courthouse Connection to New York is that we came across so many lawyerly personal ads on Craigslist. (Um, not that we troll Craigslist for dates. Our readers send them to us.) We were wondering whether Courthouse Connection has caused a drop-off in legal types posting on Craig’s pages. When […] -
Lawyer of the Day, Sex
Wisconsin District Attorney Says Sex Ed is Sexual Assault 101
Put those condoms and bananas away, teachers. Wisconsin district attorney Scott Southworth says that sex ed showing minors how to use contraception is “sexual assault ed,” and that teachers who participate are subject to criminal liability. State legislators want schools to teach the virile young children of the Cheese State how to safely churn the […] -
Sex, Tax Law, Texas
No Sin Taxes in the Champagne Room
Many of the things I enjoy in life (smoking, drinking, kicking children who speak out of turn) are either illegal or subject to a sin tax. Luckily, most of the laws against my illegal vices are unenforceable if I commit infractions discretely. (“I don’t know what happened to little Jimmy. He must have fallen onto […] -
Gender, Sex, Sexism, Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment: It's Not Just For Women Anymore
It’s funny how being laid off really puts all of your workplace problems into perspective. The Wall Street Journal reports that more and more men are claiming they are victims of sexual harassment: Since the start of the recession, a growing number of sexual harassment complaints have come from men. Some 16.4% of all sexual […]